Broiler-baker.



H. NORECK.

BROILER BAKER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3, 1913.

1, 1 1 3,473. Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

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Be it kIWI1ftha6I,H EBRMAN NonEoK, a citizen. of: the United States,residing at- Norfolk, in the State of Virg nia, have in-' vented. acertain Broiler-Baker, of which the following is a description.

My invention relates to improvements in broiler-cakers in which gas isemployed to o produce either uniform or variable heat in 10 regulatedintensity, in all applications of heat'for, cooking all foods in themost appetizing way, in part at one temperature and successively inanother or other temperatures, or at a uniform temperature on all sidesof the food treated, as required by the best practice, and also fortreating with heat simultaneously several kinds of food. Theobjects ofmy improvement are-1st," to provide means for manipulating and mg 2ulating the heat, by changing the relative position of the food treatedand the burners, Without removing or handling the food treated; 2nd, toconvey the heat from one application to another Without waste; 3rd, toeconomize fuel and space; filth, to provide means for inspecting theheat treatment of foods at its various stages; 5th, to save time in theoperations; 6th, to provide means for fixing and. utilizing all foodvalues in the product; 7th, to provide means for carrying and holdingand suspending all kinds of food in: positions adjustable to the heat;8th, to provide means for bringing the heat to bear on both sides ofvertically disposed food in uniform or regulated intensity on each side;9th, to provide movable vertical and adjustable burners; 10th, toprovide movable and adjustable grates and food holders; 11th, to,provide means for easily introducing and; withdrawing the material to.be treated; 12th, to providemeans for inspe cting the treatment.

Other objects will appear inafter description.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying.drawings, in.which.- Y

Figure l is a front elevation ofan improved furnace broiler-baker; Fig.2 is a aoside elevation, partly in section, of; the 'same; Fig. 3 is aremovable support for food holders; Fig. 4 is a food basket, especiallyfor shell food; Fig. 5 is a fowl holder; Fig. 6-is-a side view and alsoan end view from the hereof a holder for fish or toast and the like;

isa detail of the moving support; of"

the grate.

Similar letters refer to. parts throughout the several views.

The general principle of. my improved broiler-baker is carried out bymeans for employing gas as the fuel b' upright burners projecting amultitude o gas flames toward the food, with means for regulating theintensity of the fiames,'andv forregu Specification of Letters Patent.Patented Oct. 13, 1914. Application ma nly 3, 1913. Serial No. 777,242.

lating. the relative distance between the.

flames and the foods to be treated, without opening the heatingchambers, and con venient manipulations from without,

A is the'broiler, being the principal chamber of the wholeapparatus.

B is the baker, being achamber above the broiler, and used concurrentlywith the broiler, or separately.

C is a burner, operated by gas through pipe connections hereinafterdescribe'd,and constructed of pipes perforated 031 the side toward thecenter of the broiler in a mannertoproject jets .of'gas toward thecenter, which when lighted become jets of'flame by which the bro llingis accomplished. C is another similar burner; both burners. supported byflanged rollers represented by 0 rolling on a track C'.

C is a burner in the baker, which may be similar to the burner C in thebroiler, except that it is stationary, and is arranged horizontally inthe bottom of the chamber B and its flame jets project upward.

D is a diagrammatic view of a grate for holding the food to be broiled.

DD of Fig. 6 is a holder for fish, for flat food, or bread for toasting;D in Fig. 2 is a different form of grate, partly withdrawn from thefurnace; E is a screw half-lefthanded and half right-handed, working incorresponding nuts in the burners C and C,

carrying-a bevel gear F aflixed thereto in the middle, with which meshesa bevel gear G on the rod H in suitable bearings not described, rotatedby the handle I, the rotation of which causes the burners C and C toapproach and recede from the grate D in the broiler A. A screw E,actuated by a bevel gear F"meshing with a second bevel gear G on the rodH rotated by the handle I, serves to raise and lower the shelf K in thebaker B to cause the same to approach and recede fromthe burner C in thebottom of the baker. i

The-bottom L of the baker B is perforated, and the damper M alsoperforated to register with the perforations of I1, but mov-, ablethereon by the handle N .to close and open the holes in the bottom ofthe baker B for the admission of heat to the baker B from the broiler A.

The grate D is suspended by an enlarged part D, in the correspondingshape in a block D carried on ways D"" and to this block D" is attachedthe rod and handle O bywhich the block D may be moved and carried nearerr farther from the burner C or the burner C, and may be in theequalposition between the burners or nearer one 01; the other.

In Fig. 1 the block D is shown as carried by the rod 0 and upholding thegrate D by its enlarged part D, and the whole block D linked wire of anyconvenient form or size carryingthe grate D fastened to the rod 0,slides in Fig. 1 to the right and left on ways not'shown; and in Flg. 2the rod 0 is shown in mere cross-section, and slides forward and, back.carrying the grate D, nearer to the burner C than to C, or vice versa,as may be desired.

P is a gas pipe from a supply of gasnot shown, from which flexible orjointed sections P lead the gas through pipe sections, PQto the burnersC and C, and throu h other stationary pipes P' to the burner in thebaker'B. The pi e P as shownin sec tion in Fig. 2 does not ow connectedtherewith the pipe P', because it is out of the cross-section. Suitablegas cocks Qcontrol gas supply from the several or shut ofi the burners.

R is a grease pan and juices from the food, the contents of which may bewithdrawn through a hole not shownin its depression into a bucket notshown. The flat table S is perforated in order that juices and drippingsfrom the food on its withdrawal from the broiler may" pass below intothe drip-pan R.

In Fig. 3 the head D like that of the grate D is'supported in the blockD", and may replace the grate D in the broiler A for the support on theturning hooks (Z of various forms of food that may thereby be hungbetween the burners C and C, or it may support baskets like Fig. A.

Fig. 4: is a basket composed preferably of for collecting the greasespierced by the I in the blockD, and is preferably double,

spaced apart and held together by perforated pieces 2v and 3 at anyconvenient distance apart The gratesD and the supports .in Figs. 3,5 and6 are provided at the outer isinglass, to permit of inspection of thefood uurlng the treatment.

Y is a chimney for the escape of the gases.

The operation of my improved broilerbaker is as follows: On the grate Dremoved from the broiler A, I impale, for example, a. steak, or a numberof steaks, and

return the grate and its load to the broiler by inserting the head D ofthe grate in the block D", and adjust the same by the handle Q at apoint between the burners O and C in a position such that the food to betreated, irrespective of the grate itself,

will be midway between the burners O and C. The gas supplied by thecocks Q, having been turned on, I light the same at the burners, and byturning the handle I the burners G and C are brought near to the steaksto quickly sear over the outside on all sides, and I may then byrotating the crank I in the opposite direction gradually withdraw theburners from both sides of the steak to complete the treatment moreslowly. At the same time the damper'N being open, I insert forms ofdough for making loaves of bread on the shelf K in the baker B, and mayat the same time light the burner C for more intense heat and(juickerbaking;

and by the handle I may raise or lower the shelf K as desired for thebest results. In a similar manner -I may charge the basket in Fig. 4with shell food or the grate of Fig. 6 with fish, or the rod of Fig. 5with fowls, and byinserting any one of these supports in the baker A inplace of the grate D, readjusting the block D bythe handle 0, and bymanipulating the burners O and C by the handle I, I bring unifrom and reulated heat to bear on all sides in any desire intensit and by othermanipulations of the handle 0, I may bring more heat to bear on one sidethan, on the other, and so proceed from stage tostage of the treatmentwith any desired application of heat, in any desired intensity, on anypart of the food, by outside control of the relative distance betweenthe heat and the food, whereas in horizontal broilers the heat frombelow is greater than the heat from above and impossible to regulate.and the drippings from the food are in part consumed by the flamesapplied from underneath. I have discovered that many foods thus cookedare more savory and. maybe cooked in much less time than in any otherapparatus, and that where the interior cooking must be continued afterthe outside is sufficiently cooked I may achieve this result by myperfect regulation of heat in a more perfect manner than ever before.

Many variations can be made in all parts of the apparatus withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention, and the description which Ihave given of the apparatus is that of its preferable form, and is madeby way of illustration only and not as'a limitation.

.Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is- 1. In a, broiler-baker, 'movable upright burnersin pairs adapted to project naked gas flames toward the food withoutintervening radiating plates, means for supporting food between theburners, adapted to expose the food to the direct action of the nakedgas flames, and means for movin the burners toward or away from the foo2. In a broiler-baker, movable upright burners in pairs adapted toproject naked gas flames toward the food, means for supporting foodbetween the burners, means for moving the burners toward or away fromthe food simultaneously, and means for moving the food support eithertoward or from either burner.

3. In a cookin apparatus, tion of a pair 0 burners, a

I the combinafood support between the burners and means for moving theburners toward or awa from the food support and for moving the foodsupport toward or away from either of said burners.

4;. In a cooking apparatus, upright movable gas burners in pairs adaptedto project naked gas flames toward the food, a double grate for holdingthe food intended to be cooked, whose members may be spaced and lockedapart at variable distances, and adjustable as a whole-by the rod 0 andits accessories toward or from either burner, and slideways adapted tosupport the holder between the upright movable burners.

5. In a cooking apparatus, upright movable gas burners in pairsprojecting naked gas flames toward the food intended to be broiledtherein, an adjacent baker, means for passing'the heat from "the broilerto the baker, means for producing gas jets wit the baker, means forchanging the relative distance between the food to be baked and theburner.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at the borough ofManhattan, city and State of New York, this 2nd day of July, 1913.

HERRMAN NORECK. In presence of- -M. GRAY SMITH,

JOHN J. RANAGAN.

